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Gang of Four by Leo Cackett
Gang of Four by Leo Cackett
Gang of Four by Leo Cackett

Pitchfork called Gang of Four’s debut, Entertainment!, one of the best albums of the ’70s, proclaiming that it was “caustic and bursting with disgust for unethical capitalism, opportunist politicians and consumer society,...

 
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Kat Edmonson photo by Robert Ascroft
Kat Edmonson photo by Robert Ascroft
Kat Edmonson photo by Robert Ascroft

Recorded with Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Froom in his Los Angeles studio, Kat Edmonson’s major label debut has received high praise. The album comes in the wake of her highly acclaimed 2012 release, Way Down Low, a reco...

 
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Band photo by Jerry Mann jerrymann.com
Band photo by Jerry Mann jerrymann.com
Band photo by Jerry Mann jerrymann.com

On their third album, What I Did, Hey Mavis continues to redefine their version of Americana music while adding a few new flavors and creating a bigger sound. Known for moving lyrics and amazing musicianship, husband and wife t...

 
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Murdered By Death by Greg Whitaker
Murdered By Death by Greg Whitaker
Murdered By Death by Greg Whitaker

On their seventh full-length album, Murder by Death’s Americana sound mixes with enlivening new pop, electronic and psychedelic rock. Singer-guitarist Adam Turla has a distinctively deep, gravelly voice that really resonates, e...

 
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Bayside
Bayside
Bayside

Many punk bands don’t last past a gig or two, so it’s all the more remarkable that the Queens-based punk band Bayside has persevered for 15 years now. The group’s punk, which often borders on pop, features introspective lyrics ...

 
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Local H
Local H
Local H

Local H entered into relatively unchartered musical territory when the group first formed in 1990 in Zion, Illinois. Though started as a four-piece, it quickly whittled down to a duo. At the time, there weren’t many two-pieces ...

 
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Hiram-Maxim by Lauren Voss
Hiram-Maxim by Lauren Voss
Hiram-Maxim by Lauren Voss

Run by graphic designers Eric Palmerlee and Johnathan Swafford, Aqualamb Records is a new label with a new approach to releasing music. It’s “inspired by the lack of album art in the age of invisible music.” In lieu...

 
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
 

Booker T. Jones: It all Stax up

 
February 19, 2015



The career of multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones dates back to the early ‘60s when he got a gig as a session musician at Satellite (soon to be Stax Records) in Memphis. When he was 16, he played saxophone on “’Cause I Love Y...

 
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Swans
Swans
Swans

Swans‘ frontman Michael Gira originally thought he would be a visual artist. Since childhood, he regularly created illustrations and “devoured books on art.” He even went to art school. It was there that he wa...

 
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Brent Kirby
Brent Kirby
Brent Kirby
 

Brent Kirby: As His Luck would have it

 
February 15, 2015



Brent Kirby has been playing music in bars since he was 14 years old. He’s currently in a number of bands including a Gram Parson’s tribute project and hosting a weekly 10 x 3 singer-songwriter night at Brothers Lou...